Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd May 2014, 05:05 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th April 2014, 09:54 AM
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Replies: 19
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Mindanao
Hi Dave. Just want to put the record straight. Sulu is a Province while Mindanao is a Region. Sulu is therefore part of Mindanao. Hence, i do not see any problem when you assert that this came from...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th April 2014, 09:50 AM
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Replies: 1
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th April 2014, 08:43 AM
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Moro Helmet
For your comments please. Got this from a maranao seller for a steal price (based on what i pay versus its supposed value). Not sure if this is a moro helmet though am quite sure this is a Filipino...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th April 2014, 01:44 AM
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Replies: 7
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Another restoration job
Here are other restored swords particularly the rusted gunong posted before. Unfortunately, it seems the true state of the metal was also revealed.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th April 2014, 04:14 AM
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Replies: 1
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Moro Panabas for Comment
Guys, appreciate your inputs/comments on this. Got this from a fellow collector. Seems this, among a huge cache of sword collections, were just forgotten in his stock room.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th April 2014, 01:44 AM
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Replies: 0
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Lumad Panabas
Guys, i thought i find this an unusual panabas given that the handle is longer than the blade itself. Upon researching in the net, i found an answer in the wikipedia saying this is a lumad panabas....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th March 2014, 01:24 PM
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Replies: 1
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Visayan Sword with snake head hilt for comment
Guys, for comments please. I thought this is a revolutionary sword because of the sun in the scabbard. I also thought that this a visayan sword because of the inscription in the scabbard that says...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th March 2014, 03:12 PM
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Replies: 3
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Sword from Basilan?
This was offered to me by my moro friend. He said that this is a yakan sword from basilan but am not sure. Since offer is reasonable, i bought them for its uniqueness. Does anybody know what these...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th March 2014, 01:32 AM
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Replies: 7
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd March 2014, 02:24 AM
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Replies: 7
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Sword Restoration
Taking off from the suggestion of VANDOO to restore my rusted gunong, i also did try restoring other swords. Here are the result. Please take note that this is just experimentation on my part and i...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd March 2014, 10:34 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 5,058
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd March 2014, 02:03 PM
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Replies: 2
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T'boli Kampilan and 2 unknown sword
Sirs, appreciate your comments.
What i know is the t'boli kampilan at the top most. The other 2 i don't know but i found attractive in person. I hope somebody can tell me what these are...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th March 2014, 04:15 AM
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Replies: 4
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th March 2014, 01:19 AM
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Replies: 1
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Bagobo swords, et al
Guys, new swords. Appreciate comments please. The kris like sword is the one i tried restoring. Showed there the before and after.
Appreciate also telling me the names of these 4 swords.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th March 2014, 06:06 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 10,227
Noted on the keris and kris disctinction david....
Noted on the keris and kris disctinction david. Just got confused on your assessment of the large sword. Correct me if my understanding is wrong. You are saying that this sword is a moro sword but...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th March 2014, 06:01 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 6,172
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th March 2014, 05:37 AM
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Replies: 6
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Rusted or Antique Gunong? Or both?
Hi guys, a friend of mine found this in his "junk" at a house, since he knows am into swords, he gladly passed this on to me. Now, am not sure if this is indeed junk like a rusted dagger or a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th March 2014, 07:45 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 10,227
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th March 2014, 01:19 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 10,227
Thanks guys for your honest assessments....
Thanks guys for your honest assessments. Admittedly, i bought them based on their aesthetic appearance than on its "antique" value (assuming there was one). Bottomline for me is that this was made by...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th March 2014, 06:54 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 10,227
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th March 2014, 04:01 AM
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Replies: 2
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Moro swords
Guys, sharing as well my collections of moro swords except for i think 2 items there, the rightmost which is called balisong and the dha sword. The rest are the variants of Barong, Pira and Kampilan....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th March 2014, 03:56 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 10,227
Moro Kris Swords
Hello. Newbie here. Just sharing some of my acquired swords. Appreciate if you can tell some of these as i am not really familiar actually except that they are part of the kris family. In particular,...
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